Dealing with emotional pain has always been difficult for me. I’m the one everyone else turns to for help with their problems or a shoulder to cry on. Because I know how much everyone else is going through, I don’t feel comfortable sharing my pain with them. It just seems selfish. Cutting has become the only way I can recognize the hurt… an alternative to crying or talking about it.
I know it’s not a good way to cope, and it seems impossible to stop… but I think seven years is long enough.
Ietia's Life List
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1. graduate college
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2. Stop cutting
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3. finish my novel
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4. work for Lucas Arts
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5. get a B in my Interactive Design course
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6. Learn to fly
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How I did it
How I did it: After drinking soda for the past twelve years, I finally realized I had to stop. I didn't feel well. I was constantly moody. I never slept for more than two or three hours a night, and during the day I'd catch myself drinking five or six cans of soda one after another. All the caffeine was interfering with my sleeping patterns and making it hard to concentrate; something I really couldn't afford to deal with in college. So one day, after … Read how I did it…
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